Özkan Yıldırım (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Turkish club

Menemen Menemen is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey and its central town. The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River. Adjacent districts are, from east to west; Aliağa and Foça to the north and ...

Club career

On 14 May 2016, the last day of the 2015–16 Bundesliga season, Yıldırım made his first-team return from injury coming onto the pitch in the 77th minute of

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

's 1–0 win over

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

which kept Werder in the Bundesliga. On 30 June 2016, Yıldırım signed a two-year contract with

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

side

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. On 31 August 2017, he transferred to league rivals Eintracht Braunschweig having agreed a two-year contract until summer 2019. At the end of the season, following Braunschweig's relegation to the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

, he was released from his contract. In September 2018, Yıldırım trialled with 2. Bundesliga SV Darmstadt 98. Three weeks later, in early October, Darmstadt announced their decision to not sign Yıldırım. In January 2020, after being without a club for 1.5 years, Yıldırım joined Turkish second-tier side

Menemenspor Menemenspor, formerly Menemen Belediyespor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the Menemen district of İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the provi ...

. He left the club at the end of his contract on 31 May 2020.Profile at TFF
tff.org

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Ozkan 1993 births Living people People from Sulingen Footballers from Lower Saxony German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players TFF First League players TFF Second League players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Eintracht Braunschweig players Menemen F.K. footballers